Synonyms for comb
koʊmcomb

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1. combnoun

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, crest

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1. combnoun

   a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

2. comb, cockscomb, coxcombnoun

   the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, common cockscomb, coxcomb

3. combnoun

   any of several tools for straightening fibers

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

4. combnoun

   ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

5. comb, combingverb

   the act of drawing a comb through hair

   "his hair needed a comb"

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

6. combverb

   straighten with a comb

   "comb your hair"

   Synonyms:
   comb out, disentangle, ransack

7. comb, ransackverb

   search thoroughly

   "They combed the area for the missing child"

   Synonyms:
   rifle, foray, disentangle, ransack, loot, despoil, strip, comb out, pillage, reave, plunder

8. comb, comb out, disentangleverb

   smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

   "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"

   Synonyms:
   unsnarl, disentangle, ransack, unwind, extricate, comb out, disencumber, disembroil, untangle, disinvolve, weed out, straighten out

Matched Categories

1. • Crest
   • Device
   • Groom
   • Plate
   • Search
   • Straighten
   • Tool

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1. combnoun

   Synonyms:
   crest, caruncle, head-tuft

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1. List of paraphrases for "comb":

   combis, comb., alveoli

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How to use comb in a sentence?

1. Judith Stern:

   Experience: A comb life gives you after you lose your hair.

2. Richard Pollack:

   Get yourself a good lice comb, read the instructions and use it.

3. Sam Donofrio:

   The comb-over is now defined as a strong side part where the hair is combed over to one side and cut tight around the edges to convey a very vintage look, it is probably the most popular hairstyle that we are seeing.

4. Giorgos Zambetas, Greek musician:

   Experience is a comb that is given to you, when you have already lost you hair.

5. Shel Silverstein:

   Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.